Investment Commission: 36 Investment Projects Approved in 2015 for 63 Billion Dirhams

Jeudi 31 Décembre 2015

Rabat - The Investment Commission approved 36 investment projects in 2015 for a total of 62.86 billion dirhams to generate 8,452 direct and stable jobs, Minister of Industry, Trade, investment and the digital economy, Moulay Hafid Elalamy, said.
"The year 2015 posted a significant increase in terms of investment amount with more than 47.36 billion dirhams and doubling the number of direct jobs to be created, that is 4,395 jobs, Elalamy said at a press conference following a meeting of the Inter-ministerial Committee on investments, held in Rabat under the chairmanship of Government Chief Abdelilah Benkirane.

Elalamy noted the predominance in the industrial sector in terms of investment and job creation.

"With more than 20 billion dirhams, the industrial sector accounts for almost 32 pc of the total investments submitted to the Investment Committee", the minister said, noting that this sector stands out as the main provider of jobs with around 3,068 jobs, or nearly 36 pc of jobs to be created. 

Elalamy said that with more than half of total investment, joint ventures account for almost 53 pc of planned investments submitted for approval to the commission.



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